Add support for connecting to IPv6 hosts

src/inet.c

@@ -252,25 +252,31 @@ const char *inet_trycreate(p_socket ps, int domain, int type) {
 * Tries to connect to remote address (address, port)
 \*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 const char *inet_tryconnect(p_socket ps, const char *address,
-        unsigned short port, p_timeout tm)
+        const char *serv, p_timeout tm, struct addrinfo *connecthints)
 {
-    struct sockaddr_in remote;
-    int err;
-    memset(&remote, 0, sizeof(remote));
-    remote.sin_family = AF_INET;
-    remote.sin_port = htons(port);
-    if (strcmp(address, "*")) {
-        if (!inet_aton(address, &remote.sin_addr)) {
-            struct hostent *hp = NULL;
-            struct in_addr **addr;
-            err = socket_gethostbyname(address, &hp);
-            if (err != IO_DONE) return socket_hoststrerror(err);
-            addr = (struct in_addr **) hp->h_addr_list;
-            memcpy(&remote.sin_addr, *addr, sizeof(struct in_addr));
-        }
-    } else remote.sin_family = AF_UNSPEC;
-    err = socket_connect(ps, (SA *) &remote, sizeof(remote), tm);
-    return socket_strerror(err);
+    struct addrinfo *iterator = NULL, *resolved = NULL;
+    const char *err = NULL;
+    /* try resolving */
+    err = socket_gaistrerror(getaddrinfo(address, serv,
+                connecthints, &resolved));
+    if (err != NULL) {
+        if (resolved) freeaddrinfo(resolved);
+        return err;
+    }
+    /* iterate over all returned addresses trying to connect */
+    for (iterator = resolved; iterator; iterator = iterator->ai_next) {
+        timeout_markstart(tm);
+        /* try connecting to remote address */
+        err = socket_strerror(socket_connect(ps,
+            (SA *) iterator->ai_addr,
+            iterator->ai_addrlen, tm));
+        /* if success, break out of loop */
+        if (err == NULL) break;
+    }
+
+    freeaddrinfo(resolved);
+    /* here, if err is set, we failed */
+    return err;
 }
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*\

src/inet.h

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ int inet_open(lua_State *L);
 
 const char *inet_trycreate(p_socket ps, int domain, int type);
 const char *inet_tryconnect(p_socket ps, const char *address,
-        unsigned short port, p_timeout tm);
+        const char *serv, p_timeout tm, struct addrinfo *connecthints);
 const char *inet_trybind(p_socket ps, const char *address, const char *serv,
         struct addrinfo *bindhints);
 

src/socket.lua

@@ -17,7 +17,15 @@ module("socket")
 -- Exported auxiliar functions
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 function connect(address, port, laddress, lport)
-    local sock, err = socket.tcp()
+    if address == "*" then address = "0.0.0.0" end
+    local addrinfo, err = socket.dns.getaddrinfo(address);
+    if not addrinfo then return nil, err end
+    local sock, err;
+    if addrinfo[1].family == "inet" then
+        sock, err = socket.tcp()
+    else
+        sock, err = socket.tcp6()
+    end
     if not sock then return nil, err end
     if laddress then
         local res, err = sock:bind(laddress, lport, -1)

src/tcp.c

@@ -219,12 +219,18 @@ static int meth_bind(lua_State *L)
 \*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 static int meth_connect(lua_State *L)
 {
-
     p_tcp tcp = (p_tcp) auxiliar_checkgroup(L, "tcp{any}", 1);
     const char *address =  luaL_checkstring(L, 2);
-    unsigned short port = (unsigned short) luaL_checknumber(L, 3);
-    p_timeout tm = timeout_markstart(&tcp->tm);
-    const char *err = inet_tryconnect(&tcp->sock, address, port, tm);
+    const char *port = luaL_checkstring(L, 3);
+    struct addrinfo connecthints;
+    const char *err;
+    memset(&connecthints, 0, sizeof(connecthints));
+    connecthints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
+    /* make sure we try to connect only to the same family */
+    connecthints.ai_family = tcp->domain;
+    timeout_markstart(&tcp->tm);
+    err = inet_tryconnect(&tcp->sock, address, port,
+		    &tcp->tm, &connecthints);
     /* have to set the class even if it failed due to non-blocking connects */
     auxiliar_setclass(L, "tcp{client}", 1);
     if (err) {

src/udp.c

@@ -288,10 +288,17 @@ static int meth_setpeername(lua_State *L) {
     p_timeout tm = &udp->tm;
     const char *address =  luaL_checkstring(L, 2);
     int connecting = strcmp(address, "*");
-    unsigned short port = connecting ? 
-        (unsigned short) luaL_checknumber(L, 3) : 
-        (unsigned short) luaL_optnumber(L, 3, 0);
-    const char *err = inet_tryconnect(&udp->sock, address, port, tm);
+    const char *port = connecting ?
+        luaL_checkstring(L, 3) :
+        luaL_optstring(L, 3, "0");
+    struct addrinfo connecthints;
+    const char *err;
+    memset(&connecthints, 0, sizeof(connecthints));
+    connecthints.ai_socktype = SOCK_DGRAM;
+    /* make sure we try to connect only to the same family */
+    connecthints.ai_family = udp->domain;
+    err = inet_tryconnect(&udp->sock, address, port,
+		    tm, &connecthints);
     if (err) {
         lua_pushnil(L);
         lua_pushstring(L, err);